Top 10 Common Cartoon Cliches

The episode in Spongebob Squarepants titled "Mimic Madness" is a good example of this where Spongebob impersonates almost everyone in the episode.

Honestly, I don't see this much as the good guy does get hurt but never plot-changing, character-changing, or fatal to the point of near death. An example of this is Peter Griffin (from Family Guy), in which he keeps getting hurt and ABSOLUTELY destroying his bones, but it never changes the plot of more than one episode.

I hate this so much! It also sends an untrue message that if you are a good person, nothing bad will happen to you.

However, there are a few exceptions, like Steven Universe, where many of the good characters were poofed and destroyed/shattered.

Ahh, I hate this cliche.

I want to hit my head against the wall every time I see a really weak character who needs saving. Like- come ON! If you want to put a girl character in danger, at least don't make her stupid enough to get into it! Make her put up a fight or something- realistically, people don't just let you grab them and throw them into cages. Or don't do it at all! Here's an idea- what if she gets captured and then escapes *without* the hero's help?

This literally tells kids that women are weak. Almost every show has a damsel in distress in it that the main character (of course, a guy) has to constantly save. I mean, come on. Give the woman powers and the guy a break already.

Especially in some of the old cartoons were the female character is kidnapped and it's the job of the hero to save them, for example: Olive Oyl from Popeye, Sweet Polly Purebread from Underdog and Minnie Mouse in the Mickey Mouse cartoons.

Mr. (Eugene H.) Krabs versus Sheldon J. Plankton, Bart and his family versus Sideshow Bob, and Invader Zim versus Dib Membrane. They are all the same where the villain of the show loses (which is: Sheldon J. Plankton, Sideshow Bob, and Dib Membrane who loses).

Seriously, sometimes movies let the bad guy win but this is to much these bad guys have thing that are 10 times better then them. But then boom the good guys win, how does this even work? Seriously I hate this.

Um, this isn't really a cliche. It's just kind of how stories work. The interesting part of the movie is finding out WHY the good guys win, how it happens, and if they loose anyone in the process.

I know that the good guy is SUPPOSED to win, however sometimes the bad guy will lose so much that he will be a complete failure. (Hint Doofinshmirtz and Perry)

I mean the bad guys need to to have glory at least SOMETIMES.

I know the cartoons are supposed to been watched by kids, but sometimes it'll be great for let the bad guy win in a cartoon show or movie. (Something like in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)

I grew up with this one since I was a formerly known Tom & Jerry super fan when I was a kid. And let me say this: everybody probably grew up with this.

Yeah old school lame!

Marge and Homer, Peter and Lois, Timmy's Mom and Dad, Richard and Nicole Watterson. It just gets old.

Yep, we live in a world where only idiot males get married, and all of them to women out of their league. There's nothing new to be done with this cliché. Homer Simpson by himself exhausted all the possibilities.

Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin, Hugh Neutron, Goofy, Billy's Dad from Billy & Mandy, the list goes on!

Bob and Linda aren't perfect, but they're there for each other. I like that.

Examples: me krabs piggy from dog man angelica pickles me burns

Realistically, no one would boast about how evil they are unless they are a sadist. Usually, if someone is going against you, they would have reasons. Those reasons do not include taking over, or destroying the world. These reasons are usually the villain doing what they think is the right thing to do, and defending what they need to defend. So, a villain wouldn't boast about how evil he is because he's doing what he believes is right. Unless he's a sadist.

The Loud House. Lincoln and Ronnie Anne (or whatever her name is), Lori and Bobby. Period.

Starfire can fight crime!

This isn't a cartoon trope. Many live-action shows have Christmas specials too.

Johnny Test, Snoopy, Paw Patrol, 101 Dalmatians, Jake from Adventure Time, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Toy Story (with reason), Ren from The Ren & Stimpy Show is a chihuahua, The Fairly Odd Parents recently got a dog, Pound Puppies.

Some laughs are good but sometimes, it needs to stop.

Evil laughing is amazing when it's done right.

Rita and Lynn Sr from the loud house have their faces shown idiot

There is nothing which grinds my gears more than a good guys vs. bad guys plot. Such plots are black and white, portraying the main characters like they are perfect and their enemies like they are completely evil. Despite what many people want to think, real life is nothing like this! People in real life start wars because they want to protect their own interests, not because they feel like they have a moral obligation to get rid of the "bad guys". Although real-life people we label as "bad guys" tend to be terribly mislead or brainwashed, it is still extremely naïve to say that they are purely evil. Also, it is possible to make an action genre without a good guys vs. bad guys plot. This can be done by depicting both sides of a conflict neutrally.

I agree so much with the one below! Like in Pokémon I liked Team Rocket more than Ash and his friends because Team Rocket had more personality, they dared be rude, silly and they never gave up even though they kept failing. It was more motivational than Ash's journey of becoming a Pokémon master It felt sad when most of all sad, awkward and dumb things happened to Team Rocket just because they are supposed to be the bad guys. We need a grey cartoon(this sounds more boring than what it is)!

Yeah, characters need to be round, not flat with one stereotypical trait.